Samoa - Telecoms Market Overview & Statistics - Document Details

Samoa’s telecom sector is partially liberalised but as yet, there is no independent regulator. The incumbent telco SamoaTel was corporatised in 1999 and holds a 10-year exclusive licence to provide the main telecom services in Samoa. The country’s first cellular network was launched by Telecom Samoa Cellular Ltd in 1997. By 2007 Samoa had two additional new cellular providers in operation – Digicel Samoa Ltd, launched in 2006 and incumbent fixed-line provider SamoaTel, which launched services in 2007. The Internet market is served by three ISPs. During 2006 SamoaTel commenced deploying Huawei ADSL2+ high-speed broadband for metro customers. In September 2006 Telecom New Zealand sold its 90% shareholding in TSCL to Digicel Samoa Ltd, a subsidiary of the Digicel Group. Some statistics provided in this report are not up-to-date. Please also note that this report is updated infrequently due to limited availability of information on the local telecoms market.

1. Synopsis
2. Key statistics
3. Telecommunications market
- 3.1 Overview of Samoa’s telecom market
  - 3.1.1 Accession to WTO membership
4. Regulatory environment
- 4.1 Postal and Telecommunication Services Act 1999
- 4.2 Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT)
- 4.3 National ICT strategy
- 4.4 Telecom sector liberalisation in Samoa
5. Fixed network operator
- 5.1 SamoaTel Ltd
6. Telecommunications infrastructure
- 6.1 National telecom network
  - 6.1.1 Infrastructure developments
- 6.2 International infrastructure
- 6.3 Interconnection arrangements
7. Internet and broadband market
- 7.1 Overview
  - 7.1.1 Internet statistics
- 7.2 ISP market
  - 7.2.1 Computer Services Ltd (Samoa.ws)
  - 7.2.2 iPasifika Samoa Ltd
  - 7.2.3 Lesa Telephone Services (Lesamoa.net)
- 7.3 Multipurpose Community Telecentres (MCTs)
- 7.4 E-government
- 7.5 Distant learning and telehealth
  - 7.5.1 Samoa-American Samoa (SAS)
8. Mobile communications
- 8.1 Overview of Samoa’s mobile market
- 8.2 Major mobile operators
  - 8.2.1 Telecom Samoa Cellular Ltd
  - 8.2.2 SamoaTel Ltd
  - 8.2.3 Digicel Samoa Ltd
9. Related reports

Table 1 – Country statistics – 2007
Table 2 – Telecom revenue and investment statistics – 2003
Table 3 – Telephone network statistics – 2007
Table 4 – Internet provider statistics – 2005
Table 5 – Internet user statistics – 2007
Table 6 – Mobile statistics – Mar 2008
Table 7 – National telecommunications authority
Table 8 – Fixed lines in service and teledensity – 1995 - 2006
Table 9 – Internet users and penetration – 1997 - 2007
Table 10 – Internet host computers – 1998 - 2005
Table 11 - Mobile operators, technology, subscribers and annual change – 2007 - 2008
Table 12 – Mobile subscribers and annual change – 1998 - 2008